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buoy
Overview of noun buoy
The noun buoy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. buoy -- (bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards)
Overview of verb buoy
The verb buoy has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. buoy -- (float on the surface of water)
2. buoy, buoy up -- (keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up")
3. buoy -- (mark with a buoy)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> indicator
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> acoustic buoy
=> can, can buoy
=> conical buoy, nun, nun buoy
=> spar buoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> reference point, point of reference, reference
Antonyms of noun buoy
Member Holonyms of noun buoy
Substance Holonyms of noun buoy
Part Holonyms of noun buoy
Member Meronyms of noun buoy
Substance Meronyms of noun buoy
Part Meronyms of noun buoy
Meronyms of noun buoy
Holonyms of noun buoy
Attributes of noun buoy
Derived Forms of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
RELATED TO>(verb) buoy#1
=> buoy
RELATED TO>(verb) buoy#3
=> buoy
Domain of noun buoy
Domain Terms of noun buoy
Familiarity of noun buoy
buoy used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
> reference point, point of reference, reference
=> benchmark, bench mark
=> landmark
=> lubber's line, lubber line, lubber's mark, lubber's point
=> standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
=> target, mark
=> white line
=> buoy
Meronyms of noun buoy
1 sense of buoy
Holonyms of noun buoy
Grep of noun buoy
acoustic buoy
bell buoy
breeches buoy
buoy
buoyancy
can buoy
conical buoy
gong buoy
life buoy
nun buoy
spar buoy
whistle buoy
whistling buoy
Antonyms of verb buoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb buoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
'Cause To' of verb buoy
Derived Forms of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
RELATED TO>(adj) buoyant#1
=> buoyant, floaty
RELATED TO>(noun) buoy#1
=> buoy
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
RELATED TO>(adj) buoyant#1
=> buoyant, floaty
Sense 3
buoy
RELATED TO>(noun) buoy#1
=> buoy
Domain of verb buoy
Domain Terms of verb buoy
Familiarity of verb buoy
buoy used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
buoy
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
> float, swim
=> buoy
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
> hold, support, sustain, hold up
=> scaffold
=> block
=> carry
=> chock
=> buoy, buoy up
=> pole
=> bracket
=> underpin
=> prop up, prop, shore up, shore
=> truss
=> brace
Sense 3
buoy
> mark
=> blaze
=> dimension
=> signpost
=> signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> buoy
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
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Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
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Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
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Grep of verb buoy
buoy
buoy up
Grep of adj buoy
buoyant
Grep of adv buoy
buoyantly
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